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THE WATER SUPPLY.
The water supply question is esus-
iog • great deal of concern to the
people of the town, and there is agen-
eral feeling of impatience with the
present conditions. With the whole
of Lake Huron to dlrtw from, that we
should be unable to get a drink of
pure, clean water ie a state of things
that demands the most urgent
measures.
The water said light commission at
its meeting last week discussed the situ-
ation and came to the tacit conclusion
that It will be necessary to lay • new
Intake pipe lo the lake going out
two thousand feet or more to ensure a
supply of clear water. This will en-
tail a large expenditure, end it is pro-
posed to place • bylaw before the
ratepayers to authorize the raising of
the nesessary amount by debenture.
The advice of a skilled and dis-
interested engineer on the whole
question of our water supply might be
secured ; but the commission ahouhl
move quickly in whatever course of
action it may apt. The print
state of affairs is intolerable.
In the meantime, without mskiog
any alarmist statements, it is well
that attention should be drawn to the
report of the medical health officer se
presented W the town council, and to
repast bis advice to the townspeople,
BOiL. THE WATER.
• THE COMBINES MUST GO.
A deputation waited upon the Gov-
ernment at Ottawa last week to seek
relief for the people from the opera-
tions of trade combines. 1t was
pointed out that conditions in Canada
favored the formation of combines of
Manufacturers, and that there was
eyhlence that such combines were in
existence and were maintained at the
expense of the maw of consumers,
who were forced to pay the prices en-
acted by the combines.
It was asked that, instead of placing
the burden taf proving the existence
of a Combine,‘ and so bringing the
anti-conirbine poyisions of the Cus-
toms Act into effect, upon any indi-
vidual dr individn•!s, tbe Ooyern•
meat, under whose • protection the
combines spring up. should recognize
Its obligation to the people by con-
ducting an investigation 'et its own
expense when any well-grounded com-
plaint ie laid. Mr. Fieldtni,\in his
reply, gave the deputation no '(iesur•
ante that anything serious would, he
done in providing a means to fight
the combines, and Mir Richard Cart,
wright in effect advised the delegate,
to go home and fight over again the
battle that was fought and serposed
to be won ire 1996.
it is a ilisgewct' to -the- Government
and to the Liberal party that there
should be occasion for such • request
ate waw made by this deputation. The
anti -combine law as it stands is a
fare, and when Ministers and leaders
of the Liberal party ask that they
should be forced to do what they
know should be dont-ibis- time for
men who believe that Liberalism
-r._.- mane sow.thing to twke &tack of
the situation. It was believed that
Mr. Fielding and Mir (licher! ('at -t•
wright were members of a Govern-
ment whose policy it was to effect "a
general reduction until the goal of a
tariff for revenue only WAS reached,"
using Mir Richard's rep orted word..
If the belief become. fixed that the
present Government has reached its
limit In the way of tariff reform, there
•re mets in the Liberal part y who
have been diligent in fighting its
batUee in the past who will not lift a
Anger in future contests to Save a
Government whose existence mean.
nothing to tnem. Sooner or later the
combines must go, and the present
Government's apathy in the matter
may hut nerve to turn the attention of
people who are in .arrest to • closer
consideration of their party relations
and affiliations.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
We have • notion that • fair pro-
pnrtion of these so-called Gowg*nd.rs
are geese.
The latest development in winless
telegraphy is the sending of a message
len • train running over •i.ity miles an
Anter.
The tremble with the weather this
winter is that we haven't had any 1 rirr
The Alberta Legielatu.tekhrs been
dissolved, and the election will be held
on March 2brhd. There were only two
conservatives in the Zest house, so
that there is a good chance for that
party to improve its standing in the
Parliament to be elected.
The study and the discussion of the-
ology are well in their place; but the-
ology as A substitute for evangelical
Cbrivtiality is sadly out of place. To
men seeking • living Christ theologi-
cal dogma is as dead men's bonen, mad
whether the book of Genesis is myth
or allegory or literal truth is not of
sufficient consequence to warrant a
display of un -Christian temper on the
part Of 'the leader of a Christian
ehareir:--4'trthe studenttheology may
be a fascinating subject. but for the
ordinary man it is enough W koow
that what is req tired of him is: "to do
justly, to love tnercy, anti to walk
humbly with his God."
Growing Old.
A little more tired at close of ty ;
A little lean anxious 1.0 have our was :
Minnie less ready to .cold and blame ;
A little more care for a brotbet'e noose
Aad a we are ocarina the journeys end.
Where taws and eternity meet and blend.
A little leen; cars for bonds and gold,
A little more zest for the days of old,
A Meader slew and a saner mind.
And • little more love for all mankind '
And so we are taring &down the way
That leads to the gates of • better day.
.4 little more love for the friends of youth.
A little less zest for established truth, .
A little more charity In our views ;
A little les. thirst for the daily new.
And .o we are folding our tents away
And passing in .Stance at close of dry. -.
A lltt!e more leisure to set and dress.
A little more real the things unseen.
A Mule nearer to those ahead,
N ith visions of those lona loved and dead
And so we ere going where a)1 must go,
To the place the living may never know.
A little more Iseghter. . few more terra,
And we .hall have told our Increasing year+,
The book is closed. and the prayer, are said
And we are part of the countlean dead.
Thrice happy thea, if some soca one Neer ---
"I lire because he has pa.eed my way."
FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Mail and Empire "Has Them Again."
Ramilta ;Imes.
The Toronto Mail and Empire has
discovered that The Globe is seeking
to separate Canada from the Ent ire
"by stealth." We have heard of an
enterprising fellow who stole a red-
hot stove, but The Mail and Ewpitt•
sets The Globe a far harder job than
that. plow did the organ come to
think The Globe would make this
attempt ? .
Get Rid of the Wrinkles.
Montreal Herald.
People who have lost their health
and gone hunting for it come heck
home and insist on sleeping Ili the
open sir. Why shouldn't people who
stili have their health fall into line
It seems, as a final inducement, that
sleep in the open air keeps women
looking young, whereas close, hot air is
part of the wrinkle process. Once
that fact sinks in the road to reform
ought to he easy.
Would Cut Off Canada's Market.
London Advertiser,
The British House of Commons yes-
terday rejected the Unionist tariff
proposals by a vote of 276 to 107. The
overthrow of free trade will mean
an end to a free market for Canadian
products in Great Britain. Just as
Canadian manufacturers are contin-
ually agitating for an increase of the
duties against British imports, so
British farmers will demand ptotec-
Lion against Canadian products. No-
thing can to more certain.
The Yukon Not So Bad.
Hamilton Tinos.Mr. Congdon, M. P. for Yukon,
'pea indignantly of the attacksi
made the morals of that terri•
tory.f}IIq??rt declares that there is no
mining c untry in the world that, is
quieter or wore hew -abiding. H. is
enthusiastic` as to its future, upon
which a great ditch. built by the
Guggenheims, it a cost of eight to
ten million donate, is expected to
have a most bene cW influence. He
looks for • greatarease next year
to the Yukon gold output
Work Not the Greet Boon.
It is t on nun•
economic a regard
• snow " to the
people. not re
gird it re spilled
on her at would
mean so; and she
doe. not But when
what is p atter out
of place"streets, we
rejoice ; nity, we
think the work. AR a
matter o r people
want is n division
of "weal I a snow
storm as the cor-
poration, householder with
more mo divide with
them. f ere men
could ale needed
when theywork a
snow stn ed as a
ma'am*.
The Sage awtion.
Montreal Burg
A curious commeh
civilization when w
Storni as a "loon
A housewife would
1 a "boon" if dirt we
kitchen floor. Th
much more work
want more work,
practically dirt -"m
-it spilled on our
because, as a confirm
t we want more
f fact, what the poor
of work, but better
"wealth"; ; and they had
a mean. of making
and the
nay than energy,
In a community soh
aye earn what they
were willing to
storm would he regard
nn Wedding Gifts
Baldwin Smith. in Weekly Yoe.
We have roma to the women for
weddings, one or two of which have
been sumptuous, and for wedding pres-
ent*, which are deecrih.cl ae most
magnificent and costly. May not the
eostlinem of wedding preeente he ear
-
rie.d rather tan far Y May they not
corse to he *linnet a tax neon the
purees of friend. who, though their
affection may he strong, and their
good wishes most sincere, cannot well
*}ford great expense? We sometlm.a
hear whispers of this kind. Stepper
the method were adopted in thin PAs.
which ia sometimes adopted in giving
crises or putting lip rnonementa
uppo.e is eommittee of the social
le were former( few the reception of
NEWS FROM OTTAWA
MINISTER OF JUSTICE CRITICIZES
ONTARIO LEGISLATION
But Refuses to Override Action of Pro-
vincial Government - Recommen-
dations of International Conference
on Conservation of Natural Re-
sources -Sir Richard Cartwright
Tells Anti -combine Deputation to
Agitate for Tarifa Reduction.
Ottawa. March 1. -The House of
Commons beard this afternoon •
striking deliverance ou the question
of Provincial rights from the Minister
of Justice. The question came up in
connection with an application to the
Ottawa Government for disallowance
of the act passed by the Ontario Leg-
islature confirming the right of the
Cobalt Lake Mininompsny to prop-
erty claimed by the Florence Mining
Company and ,
pr y sold Id b the former for
61,000;000. Al Minister of Justice Mr.
Aylesworth clearly and emphatically
asserted the right of the Provincial
Legislatures to legislate without inter-
ference by the Dorninlon Government,
and as an elector of Ontario he coo-
demned in scathing terms the manner
in which the Onta,'io Government had
exercised that right in the case of the
Cobalt Lake and Kerr Lake Comp-
anies act of 1907.
Mr. Ayleswor•th utade it deer that
In refusing to advise the dieailowathce
of the act he did so without reference'
to the propriety of the legislation it-
self, but because he considered it of
vital importance to the wellbeing of
the Dominion that the rights of the
Provinces to legislate within the scope
of their authority should not be inter-
fered with. Mr. Aylesworth, how-
ever, is an Ontario elector, and in this
capacity he took the opportunity of
expressing his strong dlsapprovat of
the course of the Ontario Government
in this matter. "In my judgment. it
simply means," he declared, "that our
present Provincial Government has
arrogated to itself the right to say to
any citizen of the Province, 'You shall
not litigate,' it makes no difference
how just you think your claim is.
The present Ontario Government says :
'We have the right. to step in and
deny you the open door to the courts.
We have the right, and in this pres-
ent instance we choose to exercise 11.' "
Report on Conservation.
The report of the Canadian commis-
sioners to the international conference
at Washington on the conservation of
the natural resource. of North Amer-
ica waw presented to Parliament last
week. It embodies the unanimous
findings and recommendations of
the representatives of Canada, the
United State., Mexico and Newfound-
land as to the principles which should
guide the policy of the Government of
each country in taking active melts.
ore. to prevent further waste and ex-
travagance in the disposal of the nat-
ural heritage of the people, end to
conserve for the future the forests,
waters, lands and minerals.
in brief, the report recommends a
world'. conference on conservation ;
the adoption of the principle tbattim
ber, water, lands, minerals, water
powers, tirel and other natural re-
sources should be regarded as public
utilities and protected from monopoly
and waste; that extensive forest re.-
ervations should he created under the
control of trained forestry officer. ;
that a more adequate system of fire
protection should 1* established under
Government supervision on all forest,
lands; that the taxation of standing
timber should be so regulated as to
encourage reforestation, and owners
of lend suited for agricultural pur-
poses should be encouraged to re-
forest; that no private monopoly of
water powers should be allowed, and
leases should be granted only for lim-
ited peritds and subject to Govern-
ment control of rates, and that irriga-
tion works should be under the Gov-
ernment rather than private control.
A Raw Recruit,
The Parliamentary wanner of some
of the new members of the House of
Commons msv not be quite in accord-
ance with British traditions, but it is
at all events expressive, sometimes
piquant, and not infrequently amus-
ing. There was a *ample, of the Iart -
named variety, one day last week.
The House was in supply on the Pub-
lic Works estimates, and Hon. Mr.
Pugsley was under flew, when Mr.
Price (('on.), West Quebec, rose to
protest against what he regarded as
the extravagance shown in construc-
tion of the new military quarters at
Kingston. Throughout his speech,
which was really a harangue, he ad-
dressed the Minister of Public Works
ss"you," and committed other Par-
liamentary improprieties which in an
older member would have instantly
called down upon his head the wrath
of the Speakerin the fervor of his
denunciation he eh*ra••terixed the ex•
miture as "a diegrace," applied a
more epithets, and flnally wound
up by declaring, with A vigorous
thump on his desk, that "if you don't
stop this sort of thing, by Jove, we
will turn you out."
The House took it all in good part,
and laughed heartily at the homely
sWest.ally of the member front Quebec
Mr. Foster Called Down.
• An incident of Isar
the members took a good deal of in-
terest was a bout between Dr. Clark,
the new Liberal member for Iced
Deer, Alberta, and Hon. (Seo, K.
Foster, the •'big gun" of the Opposi-
tion. The House had been discussing
the use, or abuse, of the franking
privilege, and Mr. Foster was pan
titularly severe in hie attack upon the
LIheral members, characterizing the
ranking of political literature as rob-
bery and thieving, and singling out
the aiollcitAr-General for an especially
savage attack. In a dignified manner
the neve member for pied f)eer spoke
for the Maintenance of decorum in
Perllsmentary debate and deplored
the recrimination of which Mr. Fos•
ter had Juat given an example. 'To
call one anothei'thieves and robbers,"
he said, "tnay be very . picturesque,
but it does not carry us very far, and
1 would remind the member for North
Toronto that the 0, vernment whom
he so stigmatizes arra the representa-
tives of the people, who but recently
have endorsed their *minim" The
whole speech waa In admirable re-
straint. and yet telling in its inrisive-
nee' end foree, and Mr. Foster showed
that he felt it keenly.
Want Combines Suppressed.
A deputation representing the Do•
eontrihutinns ; all the friends to con-
tribute as they pleased, and no names
to he given. The committee might
lay nutthe money so willow! eft nn
something handsome and boaf.ing, to
be handed down in the family a• a
speaking memorial of the hsnpy day.
Wold thie he Ie 1 .t.• , Fr feasible,
might It work well Y
THE LEGISLATURE.
What Is Going on at the Provincial
Parliament,
Toruntu, March 1.-A gaud deal of
the Owe of the Legislature was taken
up last week In the consideration of
bills revising the statutes. This is a
work in which legal Raining L valu-
able, and the lawyer members of the
Hous*, had it practically all to them-
selves. Another festutre of the busi-
ness of the House is the attentlou paid
to Northern Ontario affairs. The
north country is bring opened up rap-
idly, and as municipal Institutions
have not yet been established thew
the Provincial Gov.rnwent exerciste u
direct control in matters which other
wise would be d•'alt with by the mein
cipal councils.
Receipts and' Expenditures.
The tln.rncial depression through
which the country lista lieett pawing
has affected) the h- vincial revenues
very considerably: and, instead of a
repetitiou of the financial record of
1'*R, when there wee a surplus of over
100,000, there is for last year it nom-
inal surplus of only $43,tet3. And this
wawasurplus. ;